BIB_ID
347457
Accession number
MA 366.166
Creator
Smith, B. B. (Benjamin Bosworth), 1794-1884.
Display Date
1876 Dec. 26.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, before 1901.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 19.1 cm
Notes
Part of a 12-volume collection of Autographs and Manuscripts of Bishops of The Protestant Episcopal Church (MA 364-375). The arrangement of the collection is by Bishops in the order of their consecration and chronological within their portion of the collection. Letters in this collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901, possibly from the estate of Bishop William Stevens Perry of Iowa.
Summary
Being a printed form letter confirming the majority vote by the Standing Committees for the consecration of Rev. C. Clifton Penick, Bishop Elect of Cape Palmas, Africa; asking if he will also consent.
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